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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 23, 1908.
NO. 36
CORRESPONDENCE
INDEPENDENCE.
Mrs. J. D. Belt visited relatives In
Salem, Friday.
Miss Bessie Butler is a Portland
visitor this week.
Clarence Ireland, of Portland, is
visiting relatives here.
Miss Nellie Damon spent Sunday
and Monday with friends in Corvallis.
Mrs. M. W. Wallace and daughter,
Grace, were Portland visitors the first
of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stumberg and
little boy have returned to their home
in Vancouver.
Miss Mamie Bateman departed for
Medford, Tuesday, where she will
spend the winter.
Mrs. J. S. Bohannon and daughters,
Bertha and Hazel, were Capitol City
visitors Saturday.
Mrs. D. A. Hodge and Mrs. O. A.
Kramer were Portland visitors last
week, returning Friday.
Mrs. E. L. Ketchum and daughter,
Beth, visited friends in Salem and
Waldo Hills over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Eearns, of Dallas,
were visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Whitney, Sunday.
Miss Marguerite Hodge returned
from a year's visit with relatives in
Canada and the East Tuesday evening.
Miss Maude Tharp returned from
the hospital in Portland, Sunday,
where she was operated on for appen
dicitis.
Miss Bhoda Bridges and Mr. C. E.
OPERA HOUSE
Monday, Oct. 26th
W. M. Rasmus
Presents
The Alcazar Stock Co.
In the beautiful Southern Comedy Drama
"In Dixie Land"
A play bubbling with laughter and melting to
tears. A picturesque story of Southern life.
Come and spend a night in Dixie Land with
the COMPANY that belongs to YOU
Tickets on sale at Stafrin's Drug Store
French were married at the home of
the bride's parents, south of town,
Sunday evening at 6 o'clock.
The members of the Bebekah lodge
enjoyed a pleasant social time at their
regular session Tuesday evening, after
which cider and doughnuts were
served.
FALLS CITY.
(Falls City News.)
Mrs. J. M. Grant, of Dallas, was a
visitor in Falls City last week.
Cal Kramer has bought Mr" Chap
pell's share in the Walker Hotel.
J. G. Van Orsdel was up from Dal
las, Thursday, on a business visit.
G. Sowers has purchased H. Fugitt's
stock of soft drinks and has moved
it into his own building.
Siletz homesteaders have been taking
tan abundance of supplies out from
this city during the past week.
B. A. Lombard has returned to
Falls City after a two years' residence
with bis son in Port Orchard, Wash
ington. The young people of the Christian
Educational Club held a meeting
Tuesday evening and started work
for the winter. A class in vocal music
will be organized at the reading room
Saturday night.
BALLSTON.
Mrs. W. A. Robertson has been vis
iting relatives In Sheridan.
Miss Carmen Sears, of McCoy, was
a Ballston visitor last week.
Mrs. F. C. Phillips, of Whiteson,
was a Ballston visitor Sunday.
Mrs. W. A. Sloan and Miss Ethel
Berry are visiting relatives in Portland.
W. A. Robertson, M. F. Hall and
son, Edwin, returned from a trip to
Salmon River, Sunday.
Jesse Branson and Clara Dorton
were married in Dallas, Saturday.
Their many friends wish them a long
and happy life.
A number of the young friends of
Miss Bhoda Conner gave her a sur
prise party Saturday night in honor
of her eighteenth birthday. An enjoy
able time was reported by all who
attended.
MONMOUTH.
Mr. Lee was a business visitor in
Scio, Monday.
Apple gathering is now In order In
this vicinity.
Mrs. E. Mumaw and daughter left
BARGAINS
Arm Rocker with cobler seat,
well constructed of hard wood,
finished in Pacific Oak. You
cannot afford to overlook this
bargain. On sale at, each $2.50
HEATERS
A good heater of planished steel
sides, cast top and bottom and a
good cast lining that will last for
vears. Price
$8.50
ADAHS & BR0B5T CO.
this week for the East, where they will
spend the winter.
Harvey Guthrie ia having an addi
tion built onto his residence.
Grandpa Guilliams wentto Yaquina
this week on a business visit.
Farmers in this vicinity have
been busy plowing since the rainy
season commenced.
The work of rebuilding the Radek
bakery, which was recently destroyed
by Are, has already been begun. The
new building will be a substantial
structure of brick.
WILL SELL MANY ACRES
May-Holland Company Plans Big
Colonization on Grand Ronde
Reservation.
To place on the market at one time
13,000 acres of Oregon fatniing lands
is the ambitious plan of the May-Holland
Company. This company has
closed a deal for acreage in the Grand
Ronde Indian reservation, a part of
what the Indians referred to as the
"big burn," by reason of a great forest
fire that many years ago swept over
that part of the state. The effect of
the big burn is today turned to profit,
in that the promoters of the coloniza
tion scheme which has developed,
declare that the old-time forest Are
covered the land with partly destroyed
pine and fir remains, that in years
since made the land very rich in loam.
The plan of the newly organized
company is to cut up the tract in small
farms, enter into a plan of interesting
settlers, both in the Middle West and
abroad, to whom will be sold tracts as
small as 20 acres, If desired, and on up
to 1C0 acres. The plan as outlined at
present is to sell about 20 acres for
cash to colonists of limited means,
reserving alongside as much more as
they may be inclined to acquire in the
ensuing three to five years. In this
way, It is thought, the whole tract will
be taken up by men with families who
will work raising crops, fruit or cattle,
the latter of course, on the larger
tracts, and with this idea in view the
colonization scheme Is to be worked
out through correspondence and per
sonal conferences with intending pur
chasers. Tbe land is said to have been pro
nounced by experienced authorities as
of the best in the state lor agriculture
and along its borders are hillsides
that are also said to be excellent for
grazing. The main body of the land
acquired is rolling, and in addition to
tbe acreage taken over from the Grand
Ronde Land company, there is quite
an additional amount on which
options have been taken by the new
owners.
The investment represents a con
sideration of something like $100,000
and is expected to develop into one of
the most important small farm settle
ments so far undertaken in this state.
A townsite Is to be established at a
point about 12 miles from Sheridan
and Is on the line of the Lytle road to
Tillamook, also having the Govern
ment military road in its immediate
vicinity. Exchange.
Meeting: of Basketball League.
Frank Kersey, president of the Ore
gon Basketball League, bas called a
meeting of the association to be held
in this city tomorrow. At this meet
ing oflloers will be elected for the
coming year, the regular routine of
businesscarriedoutand thescheduleof
games to be played between the teams
of the League during the coming sea
son, will be drawn up. The institu
tions represented are as follows:
North Division, Portland Y. M. C. A.,
Multnomah Athletic Club, and Pacific
College, of Newoerg ; South Division,
Dallas College, Monmouth Normal
School, Willamette University and
Salem Y. M. C. A.
Brown Wins Skating Race.
Tbe Colosseum skating rink was
crowded Wednesday evening with a
throng of people assembled to witness
the skating race between George
Brown, the floor manager of the rink,
and Charles Smith, of Eugene. Al
though Smith met with considerable
bad luck, falling several times, he
was clearly running entirely out of
his class, for Brown took tbe lead
; from the start, gained half a lap and
! was still gaining wben bis opponent
j fell the first time. Smith pave up the
! hopeless race and retired from the
floor before the race was more than
half finished.
Noted Lectin Coming.
Dr. QOTft Oilbert Bancroft, the
noted humorist and lecturer, will be
in Dallas on Friday and Saturday,
October SO and 31, and will give two
of hit amusing and instructive
d dress at tbe Wood man Hall, under
tbe auspices of the Y. II. C. A. of
Dallas College. Dr. Bancroft wilt be
ably a.Mlsfd ia bit entf-rulnmenu,
by tbe charming tloger. Miss Lillian
Lewi, In program of itwary and
vocal gins, lmrronatiooa, ec.
TEAM MAKES GOOD SHOWING
George T. Geriioger and Edward
GerliogT were r-awogen to Port
land yesterday morning.
J5 ars to frait land, partly
cleared. Tbree mlWout tIO"Q. H. O.
Ckvntix. 1011 tf
Riflemen of Company H Score Success
in Their First Official
Shoot.
The rifle team of Company H made
a most creditable average in the offi
cial shoot held on the range west of
Dallas, Tuesday, considering that the
men had had scarcely two weeks' prac
tice in which to prepare themselves
for the event, and both officers and
men are well pleased with the results.
The range officers and the men in
the rifle team drove out to the range
early Tuesday morning many of the
friends of the young men accompany
ing them as spectators. The shooting
lasted from about 9 o'clock in the
morning to 2 o'clock In the afternoon.
The highest scores were made on the
500 and 600 yard ranges, the totals
being from 87 to 43 out of a possible
50. Two sighting shots were allowed
on each range except In rapid firing.
The averages of the four marksmen
who shot for the regimental trophy
were as follows: H. G. Stingley, 41;
A. W. Bennett, 31 J j Leonard Shaw 37,
and William Paul, 36. The averages
of the remaining six men on the team,
who, with these four, shot for the reg
imental medal were: Wayne Green
wood, 28 ; Earl Day, 30 ; Edward Shaw,
261 ; Leon Elder, 34 ; B. A. Teats, 29,
and Tom Magers, 30
Colonel Yoran and Captain Houck,
of Eugene, acted as officials. Tbe
scorers were Peter Greenwood and
Roy Wassora and the markers, Chet
Coad and Tracy Savery.
REGISTRATION CLOSES
Polk County Now Has Total 3187
Registered Voters Republican
Majority.
The registration of voters on Tues
day, the last day before the closing of
the books for the November election,
was comparatively hoavy bringing the
total number of names registered since
the books were opened in September,
up to 203 aud making the full regis
tration of the voters of Polk oounty
3184.
The newly added names do not
materially change the proportion of
the representation of the different
parties, and the Republican party in
Polk county has still a lead of nearly
700 votes over tbe Democratic party,
according to the registration books.
Allowing for the failure of some to
vote at the coming election, the voting
of others contrary to their partizan
registration, and for the scattering
vote, it has been estimated that Polk
county will give William Taft, the
Republican candidate, a plurality of
from 250 to 400 votes.
Will Play "In Dixie Land."
The Alcazar Stock Company will
appear In Dallas, Monday night,
October 26, presenting the four-act
play "In Dixie Land," a beautiful
story of Southern life that will appeal
to all lovers of refined drama. The
members of the company regard this
play as one of their best offerings to
the people of Dallas this season. The
attendance at both of the previous
entertainments given in this city by
tbe Alcazar Company, although not
so large as the merit of tbe company's
work deserved, was good and all who
were present were highly delighted
with tbo plays offered and the artistic
work of the actors. The company has
grown Into high favor and will prob
ably play to crowded houses in its
future engagements In this city. Mr.
Rasmus, of Portland, the manager of
the enterprise, Is highly pleased with
tbe support he bas received thus far
and will spare no pains in teourlng
tbe best of entertainments for bis
pations on tbe new circuit.
John Townsend Is Dead.
John Townsend died at his home
near Gooseneck, Monday, October 19,
aged 76 years. His death was due to
a complicated form of Bright's disease.
He was born in Missouri and crossed
tbe plains to Oregon in 1847, settling
near Perrydaie. He afterward moved
to a farm near Hmithfleld, where be
made bis borne until a short time ago
wben he moved to Gooseneck. He
had been In bis new home only a few
weeks wben bis death occurred. He is
survived by bis wife and six childreu,
five daughters and one son. Tbe fun
eral was held In Dallas, Tuesday
afternoon, and the body was Interred
in the Brown cemetery near Smith
field. Mr. Townsend was a ton of
James and Hannah Townsend, and
the Ut member of a family of six
sons and one daughter.
Big Republican Rally.
Hnn It. R. Butler and Judtrt 8. R.
Lowell will address the people of
Dallas at the Courthouse tomorrow
nlgbt on the Issue of tbe present
campaign. Delegations from several
of tbe out of town districts and
neighboring citk will be In
attendance. This rally will be
the first held by tbe Republicans of
Dallas and every effort will be ud to
make It ao interesting event. All are
cordially invited to attend.
Dont fail to go to tbe Colosseum
skaUog rlok. Something doing every
mi nub;.
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